MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA388.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop	North Italian
Date	15C/3
Reference No	MS Laur. Plut. XL, 1, f 333r (detail)
Size
Provenance
Present Location	Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Bibliography	Brieger, Meiss, & Singleton 1969, 224-30; Rome 2000, 458-61
	Roddewig 1984, 42
Illustration From	Rome 2000, 461
Other illustrations

Country	Italy

Description:
From a Dante manuscript dated 1456 including Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso and with a commentary by Francesco da Buti.The figure of Dante kneels before that of a naked Bernard, only identifed by his halo, who points to the seated and nimbed figures of Mary and Christ in the sky surrounded by golden rays. On the right below is the kneeling figure of Beatrice dressed in green and wearing a laurel wreath. One of three miniatures featuring Bernard in this manuscript (see also MA386 & MA387).

Description:

From a Dante manuscript dated 1456 including Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso and with a commentary by Francesco da Buti.The figure of Dante kneels before that of a naked Bernard, only identifed by his halo, who points to the seated and nimbed figures of Mary and Christ in the sky surrounded by golden rays. On the right below is the kneeling figure of Beatrice dressed in green and wearing a laurel wreath. One of three miniatures featuring Bernard in this manuscript (see also MA386 & MA387).